Question : DEPARTMENT OF POST VENTURING INTO BANKING SECTOR



(a) whether the Department of Post is contemplating to venture into Banking Sector;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the time by which a final decision is likely to be taken in this regard?

Answer given by the minister



THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DR. SHAKEEL AHMAD)

(a) to (c): The Post Office Savings Bank provides various instruments of small savings as an agency function on behalf of the Ministry of Finance. The proposal for a Post Bank is in a conceptual stage and as such it is not feasible to indicate a time frame.